Prayer is to the skeptic a delusion, a waste of time. To the believer it represents perhaps the most important use of time.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

If you can't talk about it, you can't change it.

Anything is forgiven those who sin elegantly

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to run as fast as I am capable - nothing less.

When you're spending $200 million on a movie, you need to make $400 million to break even. It's a spectacle.

Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.

God does not keep an itemized account of all your failures.

I'm just sayin', I don't like fun.

You may have noted the fact that it is a person's virtues as often as his vices that make him difficult to live with.

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.

I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.